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2004 presidential election

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Final report on the presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 14 and 28 April 2004

Date: 13 July 2004
Type: REPORTS
PDF English (365 KB), Macedonian (509 KB)
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Statement of preliminary findings and conclusions by the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission on the second round of the presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Date: 28 April 2004
Type: REPORTS
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Preliminary statement on the presidential

Date: 15 April 2004
Type: REPORTS
PDF English (83.8 KB), Macedonian (188 KB)
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Roma voters have their documents checked in Suto Orijari, on the outskirts of Skopje, during the second round of the presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 28 April 2004. (OSCE)

Roma voters have their documents checked in Suto Orijari, on the outskirts of Skopje, during the second round of the presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 28 April 2004. (OSCE)

The overall picture remains that of a democratic election held under extraordinary circumstances. But the problems identified were more extensive than in the first round, ranging from group and proxy voting to ballot stuffing. Regrettably, the State Election Commission rejected all the complaints received from the parties after the first round, regardless of merit. Ambassador Friedrich Bauer, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Mission